The output I saw was HTML. I created an account and tried to create a couple of "chapters" of a "book." Students get an online textbook, of sorts. It has the ability to mark up and add notes to text, skip through chapters, etc. Even though it is HTML, it is not very accessible.<br>
<br>There appears to be no keyboard-only navigation and the page markup is geared primarily to visual users. The next-previous buttons are not tab navigable, for instance. Neither are any of the drop down menus that give you access to key functionality, such as bookmarking and noting. <br>
<br>With a screen reader I can hunt around and mostly figure out what things are (so long as I don't rely on the tab key--what most web application users would expect), but I can't access any of the necessary high-level fly-out menus. This keeps me from being able to access a lot of core functionality--just like with keyboard-only use.<br>
<br>Note: this is just a once over and I'm not even pretending to give a complete analysis. I would say the system has promise (an all HTML book system with basic not-taking ability) but the developers clearly did not have accessibility in mind.<br>
<br>Best,<br>ken<br clear="all">
-------------------------------------------------------<br> Ken Petri <br> Program Director<br> OSU Web Accessibility Center<br> 102D Pomerene Hall<br> 1760 Neil Avenue<br> Columbus, Ohio 43210<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Ron Stewart <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ron@ahead.org" target="_blank">ron@ahead.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">It appears to be PDF based so I would not hold my breath.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Ron Stewart</span></p>
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<a href="mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org" target="_blank">athen-bounces@athenpro.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:athen-bounces@athenpro.org" target="_blank">athen-bounces@athenpro.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Heidi
Scher<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 16, 2009 1:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] [Fwd: New Concept in Textbooks]</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Melanie,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I've not seen this, but electronic = access is definitely a
misunderstanding that I've been combating for some time now with faculty.
Would definitely be interested in hearing about this process and
accessibility issues!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Melanie Thornton <<a href="mailto:mpthornton@ualr.edu" target="_blank">mpthornton@ualr.edu</a>> wrote:</p>
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seen books produced using this process? I wrote to them and asked about
accessibility. It concerns me because professors may think electronic
equals accessible.<br>
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Melanie<br>
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Do you have a collection of notes, articles, tests, and other materials for
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Would you like to integrate all of it with your word documents, powerpoints,
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